Transitioning from RnP to Bassinet/Crib

Re: Transitioning from RnP to Bassinet/Crib

• missliz53 member

  January 2016

  We just transitioned lo out of her rnp and into her crib for naps. We started by setting her rnp next to her crib for naps so she got used to being in her room. Then we propped up her crip with blocks to simulate the rnp angle (and also because she has reflux). We put her mobile that was on her rnp on her crib and we place her in her crib swaddled with her arms out and follow the same routine we started when she was sleeping in her rnp. I've heard some people stick rolled towels under the crib sheets to masked a snuggle nest and gradually take those away, but we didn't need to do that. Eventually, we'll slowly remove the blocks so she is level, but with the reflux her ped wants her elevated.
  
  We did the transition slowly and had no problems with it

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• ABombard12 member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  Did you start with just naps... then move to nights after she was comfortable for those? Or just begin with Naps during the day and that same night place her in there for bedtime too?

  Thanks for the blocks / towel recommendation... that's a great idea. My LO also has reflux so I am going to try the angle trick.

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• vrjohns member

  January 2016

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  My LO is 19 weeks and is still sleeping in RnP. She just got over RSV so I have been wanting her right next to me. We have tried putting her in her crib here and there for naps and there has been once or twice that she actually slept in it for maybe an hour total. Otherwise once we lay her down she starts to kick and wakes right up. We have a noise machine that's on so its not so quite. We are going to continue to lay her down in her crib but it never fails, she wakes right up. Does it get better? Any suggestions???

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• eah325 member

  January 2016

  We dropped RnP and swaddle the same night... Just cold turkey. (we went to a sleep sack).
  
  She did fine. But she's also been sleeping through the night from 7:30 pm to 6:00 am since she was 10 weeks old, so she's a good sleeper. She knows how to go down drowsy but awake and soothe herself to sleep. If she wakes, she puts herself back to sleep... So we've been really lucky! Good luck!

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• aharders89 member

  January 2016

  I think LO was 14-15 weeks when we transitioned from RnP to a play yard. She's still pretty little and hasn't passed the weight limit for the bassinet part so that's where she sleeps. And we just moved her in one night and she did pretty well. At that time we were completely swaddling with a Halo sleep sack but she started rolling to her sides. She also seemed to get frustrated with having more room and her arms tied down so we did one arm free, which didn't really help. I ordered a Merlin sleep suit and it really has made a huge difference. She goes down sooooo easy now. She has always been a good sleeper, 9-10 hours per night and sometimes she'll go longer now. Good luck!!

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• kmcshane0211 member

  January 2016

  I wrote a whole post titled "Transitioning to crib" about this. Hope it helps!

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• ABombard12 member

  January 2016

  Thank you @kmcshane0211 I just saw your post! That is helpful! Did you ever get around to taking a photo of the crib? I think I know what you are talking about "nursing pillow" -- not boppy but not sure. I may try this this weekend (in hopes if he doesn't sleep at night I at least don't have to technically function at work the next day )

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• missliz53 member

  January 2016

  We started with naps in the crib. She's still sleeping in a pnp at night in our room so there hasn't been a nighttime transition. I would recommend starting with naps that way your night sleep isn't ruined if the transition is rough

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• ElleMF728 member

  January 2016

  I started at nighttime BUT only partially.  I think I'm in the minority on this board in that I like to address sleep issues at night much better than during the day at nap time. I NEED those naps and so does DS2 frankly.  I also find that he adjusts better to sleep changes at night or in the evening during his last nap of the day (its already a cat nap so if it doesn't go so well NBD).  I created an incline using a pillow under the mattress and did bedtime in his crib.  Depending on how he slept he was in the rock n play for the rest of the night.  If he slept normally, back in the crib if that makes sense.  It doesn't have to be a cold turkey, overnight transition if you don't want it to be. We had maybe 3 rough(ish) nights that he woke to be soothed once or twice but apart from that he just ate at his normal times.  
  
  Good call on starting over the weekend though! I hate to mess too much with a good thing so I avoid practicing during our afternoon nap since its the longest one, or at the beginning of the week when I typically appreciate my sleep a bit more.  At least on the weekends DH is home so I have the option of sleeping in or taking a nap if I've been up all night. 
  

  

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• aabsolut12 member

  January 2016

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  LO just turned 16 weeks and we are also transitioning from RnP to Pack n Play and are really struggling, as she hates being flat on her back. If she is asleep and I try putting her down in it, she will immediately wake up. But if I lay her on her side first, she will sleep until she rolls on her back and

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• ABombard12 member

  January 2016

  So an update I can't wait until the weekend. Watched LO in rnp today and he was ready to flip himself and the thing over trying to roll and kicking himself out. It's just not safe anymore. So instead of risking him falling out I have to start the bassinet tonight. So wish me luck!!

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• kmcshane0211 member

  January 2016

  @ABombard12 I didnt! I'll try to remember tomorrow.

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• momma2char member

  January 2016

  I transitioned my daughter 2 weeks ago from RNP to crib.. I had the crib on an angle like the rock n play and I rolled up 2 receiving blankets and put them under the crib sheet in areas that would have been on either side of my girl (to give her the snug feel). On top of that I had a soft blanket to make it cushiony like the RNP and then a blanket that she always slept with on top of that so she had a familiar scent with her. She always was swaddled in the RNP so I had her swaddled and put her down in the crib on top of the blankets and in between the rolled up receiving blankets for naps at first. We actually had no problem at all and I checked on her quite a bit because I was paranoid with all the stuff I had going on in the crib. After each nap I would take away one thing (soft blanket, blanket with familiar scent, rolled up receiving blankets) until she was just swaddled in the crib on her own with the crib on the angle. If she struggled with me taking something away I would keep it there for another couple of naps. I started her in the crib for night time once she could sleep with the crib flat on the ground as she would move around and I didn't want her rolling down the crib!! It only took a couple of days and we haven't had any issues

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• ABombard12 member

  January 2016

  well we tried the bassinet/pack and play last night. I took the recommendations with the nursing pillow at the base (needed to switch to towel rolled up as the pillow was huge!) and then I placed two smaller ones at the top under the mattress to angle it up and kind of in to mimic the RnP and then under the sheet I put a fuzzy blanket to give it a little more cushion.  He slept 4 hours then another 2 (after bringing him in with me to nurse a little back to sleep).  I have my MIL at the house watching him during the days this week so here's hoping he sleeps for her. She tends to lie to me about how long he naps (I think with a good heart trying to make me feel better...but she isn't aware I can see him sleep with the monitor on my phone....ha) So here it goes! It had to be done and im sure tonight will be rough just because we are changing this and my DH is away for work... always works out

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• Onward member

  January 2016

  We used the boppy to transition my son- plan to do the same for my daughter once she kicks her cold.

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• vrjohns member

  January 2016

  @onward I am SO going to try the boppy with my LO

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• bmac2015 member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  My daughter is 19 weeks and has reflux as well. She has been sleeping in the boppy newborn napper since about 3 weeks. We tried to transition her a couple of weeks ago. Started by placing the napper in the crib so she got used to it. It was 4 days of pure hell. She woke up every 15-30 minutes. We finally had to give up before we killed each other. She still flails in her sleep so we swaddle her but she breaks out of those too. We are also rocking her until she is dead asleep and then putting her down. I would love to have her in her crib no napper no swaddle but I'm scared to try again!
  
  Did anyone go from rnp swaddle to crib/Merlin suit? I'm wondering if we should drop everything at the same time. Also what did you all do when they woke up? Cry it out? Go in and soothe?   
  
  All of these stories are wonderful

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• ecruick member

  January 2016

  I just one night moved her straight from beside our bed in her moses basket into her own room in a cot and surprinsingly she just slept like she always would. This was 3 weeks ago and apart from a few sleep regression issues she has done great! I didnt use any supports or anything just flat in her cot. She moved from a crammed moses basket into a big open spaced cot and loved starfishing it. I just use her sleeping bag and an extra shawl over her too. My only problem i have found is her hands are freezing! With or without gloves! X

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• ElleMF728 member

  January 2016

  @bmac2015 I did unswaddled in the Rock n Play to the Merlin in the crib.  It wasn't too bad, I did it coming off of the four month regression/cold so sleep was already kind of crummy.  I think there were 3 or 4 nights that were a little more difficult but overall he had a nice adjustment.  I just got rid of the suit a few nights ago with almost no change whatsoever. 
  
  I never felt comfortable with anything else in the crib so we just used a towel under the mattress to create a slight incline. 
  
  CIO isn't recommended until at least 6 months.  I always go in and soothe DS2 if he fusses or wakes, I did the same for DS1.  They figure it out eventually.  Start on a weekend when you can get some help.  

  

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• leeeahyo member

  February 2016

  We are trying to make this transition from RnP to crib and wondering if anyone has any advice for me!  We made adjustments such as rolled blankets beneath the sheets on either side of him, boppy at his feet, and angled the crib with books. LO goes down great (after we nurse to sleep) and he sleeps SO good for about an hour, then he wakes up and can't get himself back to sleep. He won't take a paci. The first night I waited about 2-3 minutes of him crying and he fell back asleep for about 10 minutes before waking again--I went in to soothe him and he fell back asleep for maybe 10 more minutes. I tried soothing him again and he wasn't having it at all and was inconsolable--I felt awful because he was so upset. DS just hit 4m on the 30th so I'm not really keen on any CIO methods..but how else do we get him used to his crib without waking so often?! In the RnP he goes down around 7:30 and sleeps until 5 without waking!  No major signs of sleep regression yet although he seems to wake easier lately if we don't have the sound machine going. He is teething as well. I also want to add he is a terrible daytime napper. We get 30 minute catnaps and I can't put him down for them so napping in the crib doesn't work. He's been STTN since 12 weeks.  I would like to get him transitioned to the crib before he grows out of his RnP but what we do now works so well! Any suggestions?! 

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• cmommy13 member

  February 2016

  @leeeahyo I would wait to start anything until the teething calms down!

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